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Avalanche Bulletin - Jasper National Park
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Avalanche Problem 1: Persistent Slabs
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid exposure to overhead avalanche terrain, large avalanches may reach the end of run out zones.
Avalanche Problem 2: Loose Wet
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The distribution of this problem will be tied to the freezing levels. Rain is expected to continue near and below treeline tonight and tomorrow morning.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Avoid terrain traps, such as gullies, where the consequences of a small avalanche could be serious.
Avalanche Summary
Numerous persistent slab avalanches to size 2.5 observed from field teams today. These are failing at treeline and upper elevations as a result of warm temperatures, rain and additional snow loading. At treeline and below point release moist or wet snow avalanches are occurring. A field team remote triggered a size 2 persistent slab from 60m.
Snowpack Summary
A persistent slab of between 40cm - 200cm sits over the Halloween Crust. This crust can be found up to 2,700m in the Icefields and depending on its location is between 20cm - 40cm above the ground. Moist or wet snow, from rain during the past 24hrs, extends to 2,200m. Thinner wind slabs in the higher alpine can be expected on lee features
Weather Forecast
The Pineapple Express is tracking over the region bring warm wet conditions until Thursday PM. Tonight 22cm new snow in the alp with another 9cm on Thur. Expect rain at lower elevations. Freezing levels will remain at treeline until late Thursday. Ridge wind west: 30 km/h gusting to 75 km/h.
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An avalanche cycle is ongoing. Remote triggering at treeline has occurred in the Hilda Creek area which speaks to the sensitivity. Debris is running into the valley bottom where snow depths are much thinner and this problem layer may not exist.